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Saturday, January 14, 2012

Make this Crockpot Sausage, Peppers, and Cannellini Bean Stew on the weekend and eat it all week!

(This tasty crockpot stew from 2010 is a great candidate for the Month of Daily Phase One recipes. I love dishes like this that you can keep in the fridge and eat for lunch or dinner all through the week. Dried beans are limited for Phase One, but since this stew has a lot of meat and vegetables besides the beans you can have a regular serving.)

I'm one of those people who can eat soup or stew all the time and never get tired of it, and sometimes my best recipes are inspired by things in the fridge that need to get used. In this case, it was a red pepper and a green pepper hanging out in the crisper that provided the motivation for this crockpot stew with pepper, beans, and hot turkey Italian sausage. I ate this with a generous sprinkling of Parmesan cheese on a day when it was too cold to want to go anywhere, and it was a perfect lunch for a cold winter day.

Saute chopped onion, chopped red bell pepper, and chopped bell pepper in olive oil until they are starting to soften, then add to slow cooker.

Squeeze turkey Italian Sausage out of the casing and brown in the same pan, adding a bit more olive oil if needed, then add sausage to slow cooker.

Chop onions, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper into pieces about 1/2 inch square. Heat olive oil in a large frying pan, then saute onions and peppers until they begin to soften, then add to slow cooker.

Squeeze Italian sausage out of casings and add to frying pan, adding a bit more olive oil if needed. Brown sausage well, breaking apart with turner as it cooks, then add to slow cooker.

Pour beans into a colander placed in the sink and rinse with cold water until no more foam appears, then add to slow cooker. Add tomatoes with juice, dried basil, dried oregano, ground fennel, black pepper and bay leaves to slow cooker. Pour chicken stock over other ingredients and stir to combine.

Cook on high about 4 hours or on low for all day. Serve hot, with freshly grated parmesan cheese for sprinkling on the stew.

Made with turkey Italian Sausage, this stew is perfect for any phase of the South Beach Diet, which allows low-glycemic dried beans in small amounts, even for phase one. Since this recipe has a generous amount of vegetables and sausage in proportion to the beans, it would be great for phase one.

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45 comments:

Oh, my gosh, this recipe was made for me!!!! Love the combination of the beans and the turkey sausage, the tomatoes and the ground fennel! Can't wait to try it! Of course, since I still have quite a stock of cranberry beans in the freezer, I'll replace the cannellini beans with the cranberry beans but thanks so much for the recipe!

I've had many of those days where I just can't bear to go anywhere because it's so cold. This seems like the perfect thing to warm me up. This is why they say that necessity is the mother of invention!

Thanks everyone for the nice feedback on this recipe. Maris, I do think this is just as good as the cannellini stew with tomatoes and basil. This one has a bit more of the fennel/oregano thing going on!

This was a joy to make. Especially since we had a record snow fall this year. And with more snow on the way this is going to be nice and cozy for me and the boys to warm up on. Great comfort food! This was super DELISH!!Des from PA

For getting the sausage out of the casing, I find it easier just to slice the casing--not all the way through the sauasage and then just peel it off. It's not as messy as trying to squeeze it out. Just did that this morning in fact! Re-making Kalyn's Sausage and Zucchini soup. I asked my sister to make some for me earlier this week when she was watching my kids, but she mistook the cucumbers for the zucchini and then I ended up accidentally leaving it out on the counter all night. But I really want it so I'm making it again!

Unbelievably easy and tasty. I made it for my family for dinner and even my kids couldn't eat it fast enough. My five year old twins requested it for part of their birthday dinner, where it was a total hit. Thanks so much for all the wonderful recipes. My husband, historically suspicious of "healthy" foods, has admitted that he feels better now that the meals I make are nearly always South Beach friendly. KUDOS!

This sounded so yummy I just had to make it! I added some sliced celery and mushrooms to the veggies and then deglazed the pan with a bit of red wine because I had it in the fridge. I could only find whole fennel seeds but they softened up with the slow, low cooking and were totally delish. Unfortunately it didn't all fit into my crockpot but I have a huge frying pan that worked and I ended up cooking it on top of the stove for over an hour. An excellent stew for these cold, grey, windy winter days. Thank you for sharing your recipes!! Maura in Charlotte, NC

Kalyn-- DELISH recipe! I've tried so many of your recipes, and have enjoyed them all. Made this for the first time last night -- did it stovetop b/c I needed it to get done quicker, and didn't have bay leaves, only had one can of diced tomatoes (italian spiced), but it turned out so tasty... will make the crockpot version next time. Thanks for your recipes -- just started South Beach 9 days ago. I'm down 8lbs and loving it thanks to your recipes!

Sweeney, many of my recipes are naturally gluten free. There is a gluten-free category in the index too (specifically for recipes that might normally contain gluten but don't.) Since you can't eat bread on phase one, there are a lot of gluten-free recipes in the Phase One index too.

I could eat soup or stew every day, too, and hearty stews like this are my favorites. I also want to use my slow cooker more often, especially when it's the perfect tool for cooking stews like this one.

I've made this soup many times over the years. I got it out of a Pillsbury "One Pot Meal" book. The only addition for me is sliced zucchini and summer squash toward the end of cooking time. I'm glad to know that turkey Italian sausage is on the approved list for phase one.

This stew is wonderful! (I'm eating it right now for lunch and will be eating it for lunch for the rest of the week as well.) I usually have to do a lot to recipes I find on the internet to make them taste how I like, but I made this exactly how you present it (except I didn't have any ground fennel) and it's perfect! Thanks!

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